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Bicycle Parking Vs. Auto Parking
Perhaps it was inevitable. As bicycle ridership numbers rise across our nation, the demand for bicycle parking is up, too. In fact, it’s way up. In many cities, there’s increasingly as much attention given to bicycle parking as to auto parking. For example, Arlington County, Va. requires developers of site-plan buildings to construct one bicycle parking space for every 2.5 residential units, according to Mobility Lab, which tracks transportation management issues. Experts believe 50 percent of all households in the county own at least one bicycle. This gets even more inte...
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Future of Urban Parking Lots
Many cities are at the crossroads when it comes to finding the best use for surface parking lots in urban core areas. Will there be opportunities to rebuilt surface lots? Or will surface lots be turned into buildings? These are questions a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek explored. The article, “American Cities Are Haunted by Too Many Parking Spaces,†examined the challenges facing urban centers as the use of cars begins to drop off, leaving behind a sea of unused parking spaces, particularly in surface lots. “American car culture may be declining, but much of our urb...
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Is Parking a Way to Improve Urbanism?
There was an interesting article recently about how to improve urbanism in the United States. In streets.mn, a nonprofit group that writes about transportation and land use issues in Minnesota, the writers offered eight ways to improve the urban landscape through small, incremental changes. As to be expected, they included two ideas on how parking is an important factor in reshaping urban areas: 1) Eliminate parking minimums. They argue: “There is no bigger detriment to urban centers than parking. It adds costs to private development and drives up rents. Car storage is a terribly ineffic...
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Park One adds several new contracts in Mobile
The Mobile, Alabama operation has announced addition of 7 properties to its portfolio including the Mobile County Parking facility, Regions Garage, The Automobile Hotel, Bienville Parking Lot, and Joachim Street facility. In addition, on October 1st, Park One will take over management of the Renaissance Riverview Hotel which offers over 1,500 spaces for the hotel and surrounding attractions. David Buchanan who joined Park One of Alabama in late July 2014 as Senior Vice President brings 16 years of parking experience and intimate knowledge of the local market.  David previously served as...
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BB&T Center Prepares for New Panther Hockey Season
Our parking partner, BB&T Center, is excited about the upcoming Florida Panther’s season. The 2014-15 hockey season gets underway in September with a great roster of players, including the recent signing of Finnish star player Jussi Jokinen. Single game tickets for the new season go on sale on June 18. Learn more here. There’s no better place to watch the games at the BB&T Center than from Club RED by Stoli, the nerve center of the premier sports and entertainment venue. And getting into the BB&T Center is made easier by Park One, which provides top-notch event-day parking lot se...
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Park One Grows Miami Downtown Portfolio
Park One is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the operating contract for downtown Miami’s latest and largest development, Met 3 which is the next phase of MDM’sMetropolitan Miami project that broke ground several years ago. The addition of this mixed use development comes on the heels of Park One’s recent growth in CBD that has included Perez Arts Museum, Chase tower and Courtyard Marriott in the last few months. The firm already was well positioned in the fast growing CBD with contracts at Marriott Marquis, Met 1 and several other properties. Met 3 is a 41 stor...
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Park One Expands Parking Services in a City Known for Luxury Resort Living
Park One has been hired to manage new parking contracts in one of Florida’s leading resort cities. The City of Sunny Isles Beach, located near Miami, has hired Park One to run a municipal contract. Also, in Sunny Isles Beach, the oceanfront Ocean III and Regalia developments have retained Park One to oversee their parking services.  These are Park One’s latest parking clients in Sunny Isles Beach, which is known as the “Riviera†for its numerous luxury beachfront communities. Park One also manages parking there for internationally recognized resort properties, inc...
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Park One Hired To Manage Parking at Miami Banking Building
Park One has been hired to manage parking services for the Chase Bank Building in downtown Miami. This parking operation is focused on providing top-notch customer services to the office tenants and visitors of the 14-story tower, which is home to many law firms, financial service companies, and telecommunications agencies. The new contract with the Chase Bank Building at 150 SE 2nd Avenue expands Park One’s parking services portfolio in downtown Miami, said Bijan Eghtedari, CEO of Park One. The firm also manages parking at the nearby Marriott Courtyard and Marriott Marquis. Park One, i...
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Leading Destination Resorts Operator Contracts with Park One
One of the world’s largest destination resorts operators has contracted with Park One to develop a parking logistics plan to enhance their parkers’ customer service experience and eliminate the potential of traffic congestion at its Port of Miami terminal. Park One is working with Resorts World Bimini to create a flexible staging area to accommodate guests who are cruising on the Superfast Cruise Ship to Bimini as they arrive and collect parking fees on their departure. Specifically, Park One is providing consulting and assistance with operations, customer service, revenue collec...
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Park One Expands in Gaming Industry
A fast-growing gaming facility, Dania Jai-Alai has contracted with Park One to manage its parking program in Dania Beach, Fla.  The new contract represents Park One’s continued expansion in the gaming industry. Park One has also provided parking and transportation service to Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Fla. for nearly two years. “For us, the gaming industry is a great opportunity,†said Bijan Eghtedari, CEO of Park One. “The industry is expanding across the nation and in particular I believe in Florida, which is expected to see significant activity over th...